Wipeout day at the Volcom Pipe Pro 2014

Evan Geiselman stood out in the Round of 64 of the Volcom Pipe Pro 2014, held in solid 10-foot barrels, at Banzai Pipeline, Hawaii.

The surfer from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, eliminated defending event champion John John Florence with a total heat score of 18.53 out of 20 points.

"I got that first one and I saw that it sparked everyone's eyes. Then (Parker) got his and we just kind of put the pressure on John, and not having priority... it's tough," says Geiselman.

Kelly Slater pulled a late double barrel ride at Backdoor to save his heat. Fortunately, the first half of the ride earned enough points to edge him through with a total of only 10.6 points.

"When you don't have that priority phase in your heat, you don't have the freedom to take off and line up where you want. Some waves maybe you want to ease into, some waves you maybe want to take a deep line across it," underlines Slater.

"There are a lot of variables when there are four guys in the lineup. It's just a different game. It's equally fair, but it's equally tough for everyone".

Brent Dorrington also advanced to Round of 32, despite suffering the worst wipeout of the day. "I wasn't quite out as far as I wanted to be but I was going anyway."

"After I stroked a few paddles into it I knew I was a bit too late, so when I jumped off it felt like I was jumping off a 10-foot building... it felt like forever. I came up unscarred so I'm stoked. I just want to get through and make the finals", concludes Dorrington.